Biography

Jeffery Donaldson is the MP of Lagan Valley in Lisburn; Banbridge. They are a member of the Democratic Unionist Party. In the 2017 General Election they received 26762 votes, which was 60% of the total votes cast.

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Voting Summary

Immigration:

Voted moderately for making the asylum system stricter by tightening the criteria for acceptance, setting tougher rules for allowable activities and making it easier for government agencies to remove asylum seekers.

Europe:

Voted moderately for holding another referendum on membership of the European Union.

NHS:

Voted moderately against GP Commissioning in the NHS (the policy that GPs should buy services such as out of hours care, ambulance services and hospital care on behalf of their patients).

Welfare:

Voted moderately against the UK state reducing spending on social security and welfare benefits, including state assistance provided via the tax system.

Increase Income Tax:

Voted strongly for increasing the top rate of income tax.

Increase VAT:

Voted moderately against increasing VAT.

Terrorism:

Voted a mixture of for and against making the crime known as “Terrorism” different from murder and conspiracy to murder, having have its own special category for which the normal rights not to be detained without charge or trial can be summarily suspended at the whim of the Government.

Climate change:

Voted a mixture of for and against making the laws which enforce Climate Change policy as strong as possible.

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Recent Appearances

We do need a strong Prime Minister to lead this nation, but we need the countries of this nation to have a strong voice as well. Does the Prime Minister agree that those who abstain from taking their seats in the House—those who are denying the people of Northern Ireland the formation of a Government—are denying their constituents a say in the future of this country? We, however, will not allow that to happen.

Does the Secretary of State agree that it is not enough for political parties and individuals to say that they support the rule of law? Surely it is incumbent on us all to support the individual officers who come from right across the community to serve all of the community. We should all be giving them our wholehearted support.

The shadow Secretary of State is going through a list of Sinn Féin demands, but I just wish he would come and talk to DUP Members from time to time, because we have issues. One of those is the armed forces covenant, which is implemented in full in every part of the United Kingdom except for Northern Ireland. Will he now join us in demanding that Sinn Féin honours the obligation to fully implement the armed forces covenant in Northern Ireland?

Numerology

Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year, ranking 518th out of 649 MPs.

Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year, below average amongst MPs.

People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches, below average amongst MPs.

Has voted in parliament in 40.11% of votes, ranking 622th out of 650 MPs.

Has rebelled against their party in 2.21% debates in the last year, ranking 98th out of 642 MPs.

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